Playing golf in Arizona has its perks. The weather makes it possible to golf year-round. There’s low humidity and a lot of courses to choose from.
There are also some unique animals which make for interesting encounters while out on the course. Golfer Mike Rodenbush, who goes by Mikey TeeTimes on social media, had one such encounter recently.
While he normally produces golf content for his followers and subscribers he found himself in the path of a herd of javelinas. The resilient desert mammals are found across Arizona, New Mexico and Texas.
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That’s going to land you on the radar of those hunting for outdoor content. That’s how his video originally showed up on my Instagram feed. Prior to that, I had never heard of javelinas.
As you can see in this video, this group wasn’t interested in golf or the course at all. They were making their way across the cart path and into the woods.
That isn’t always the case. Sometimes javelinas like to tear up a golf course foraging for food. A hotter than normal summer a few years ago is believed to have caused an unusual amount of damage to a northern Arizona golf course.
In 2023, Seven Canyons Golf Club was using chili oil to get javelinas to stop damaging their course. General manager Dave Bisbee said a failed attempt to use coyote urine a few years earlier had them trying out other methods.
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“We’re still trying to figure out the right formulation in the chili oil we put out. It’s a delicate thing for the grass,” Bisbee said at the time, reports AP.
“It’s a continuing dance we do.”
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There was no need for coyote urine or chili oil this time around. This group made an unexpected appearance and left without ripping the turf to shreds.
Of the possible animal encounters on a golf course, this has to be on the tamer side.